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@edzitron God bless @edzitron the most imp macro-economic truth teller out there. Read any of his long, hysterical, hysterically upsetting essays on the state of the AI industry if you want actual truth and a head start on prepping for the carnage to come.

https://t.co/iDlTan3uR3

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@Ryanmatta @RealCandaceO 1 billion % agree. Pitch perfect tone, vibe, content, delivery.

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@rubenhassid Excellent Ruben. Thank you. I did not get "welcome" email. Primarily interested in the anti-ai writing md. Where can I find it? TY

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@IanCarrollShow yeah? what happened too "no subscription fees ever." Very disappointing Ian.

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@theallinpod amazing show. Good people. But pls watch the audience capture. The idea that Iran was a strategy for negotiations with China was silly and has now been disproven by that meeting’s delay. The war is going sideways. Come on guys. Please do better. We need you.

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@WillManidis Absurd take

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@RaoPoornima @RoKhanna @suchirbalaji @KashPatelX @elonmusk @VivekGRamaswamy Your story is incredible. I am so sorry for your loss. Just listened to your heartbreaking interview on @TuckerCarlson. I am standing with you and for whatever it’s worth will do everything I can to get your story out. My deepest sympathies.

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@henrythe9ths AI Guide. Very interested in reading this

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@henrythe9ths AI Guide

[Henry Shi @henrythe9ths]

There's a shocking fact about AI that nobody tells you: You can catch up to the public AI research frontier in just 2 weeks. Yes, really.

I've built a $150M annual revenue startup over the last 8 years and If I were to start a company today, I’d drop everything and go all-in on AI.

But like many busy software builders, I felt lost—overwhelmed by the noisy, crowded and fast-moving modern AI landscape. And I wasn’t alone.

So I spent my entire holiday diving deep into AI research—reading 30+ papers, watching hours of lectures, analyzing trends, and catching up to the research frontier.

✨ Here’s what I learned:
- You don’t need months (or years) to catch up.
- You don’t need a PhD or decades of ML experience.
- You need fewer than 20 papers and 2 weeks to understand the major breakthroughs shaping AI today.

It's because the technology is extremely nascent and most techniques that came before are no longer relevant:
- ChatGPT is barely 2 years old and Transformers are only 7 years old.
- Most game-changing discoveries happened within the last 4 years, driven by a few breakthrough ideas, scaling laws, and efficient matrix multiplication.

The biggest secret?
Many groundbreaking AI papers with thousands of citations are surprisingly simple and applied, like adding "let's think step by step" to the prompt, or simply asking the LLM over and over again to improve its answer (Self-Refine).

I realized there are tons of founders and builders in the same boat—wanting to dive deeper into AI but unsure where to start.

I've created an essential AI Guide that helped me catch up, in just 2 weeks, to the frontier of public AI research to figure out where the next opportunities and gaps were:
- Curated list of only the most important papers
- Simple explanations of key concepts
- Clear pathway to understanding the frontier of modern AI

It’s perfect for:
- Founders expanding into AI
- Builders wanting to innovate at the frontier of AI
- Investors looking to separate the signal from the noise

👇 Want the full guide?
- Like and Share this post
- Comment "AI Guide"
- I'll send you the complete guide

(ps, I’m also teaming up with @VishalVasishth, co-founder of @obviousvc with @ev (focused on large-scale societal impact companies like Twitter, Medium, Beyond Meat), to host a small meetup to discuss what's working and needs to be solved in the AI stack in SF. Message me if you're interested)

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@reachvaldo Bullrun

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@Ruesavatar I know this molasses of which you speak. Any mention wld be met with stares of those who didn't get it, but I do. I promise it DOES get better. It WILL get better. How? Time (not so helpful), engage (isolation a killer) & helping others. Your glow up will come curtesy of theirs

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@realDonaldTrump Can’t get in

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@CaseyMeansMD new book is incredible. Best I've read in the "food as medicine" category. The idea of a "matching problem" is the single best, most logical explanation I've come across. Question: Where to find explanation of "symptom questionnaire" scores?

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@tibo_maker @damonchen Guide. Like and fully agree with your acquisition philosophy Tibo.

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@Codie_Sanchez That’s awesome Codie & so true. You started a revolution and have had a huge impact, beyond even what you may know. I mentor group of 10-12 college students all of whom follow your work (4 are CT members). Congrats on the book.

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@awilkinson Gargantuan company-first move for Tiny. So few get that leadership is always more about self-sacrifice than self-preservation, self-exaltation, & self-aggrandizement. TINY UP!

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@frankdotlee @ycombinator @paulg Very important for first time entrepreneurs. A great repo. Would love to see this sheet. PS: love the idea of personalized onboarding vids. I’ve found personalization & authenticity work best.

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Is the adolescent mental health crisis real, or just an illusion? https://t.co/Egkor58SvC

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@AllbrightNFL @OmarJimenez THIS